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sortie

English

  1. 🔊 (military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation)
  2. 🔊 a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position

Similar words

sally aggravated assault aggression air cover air raid air support amphibious attack armed assault assailing assailment assault attack banzai attack blitz blitzkrieg bombing breakthrough charge counterattack counteroffensive coup de main cover crippling attack dead set at